Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.

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Of all the celebrities I've met, Steve Harvey stands out as one of the most memorable.
He's funny, generous and frank -- he is frank even about himself, which is very unusual. Consider his discussion with Spike Lee about Oscar host Chris Rock. (You...

Michael Jackson fans, take note: A Spike Lee documentary on the late singer will premiere at 9 p.m. Feb. 5 on Showtime.
"Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to Off the Wall" examines his move from lead singer of the Jackson 5 to solo artist...

Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds will receive honorary Oscars this year.
They will be honored at the Governors Awards on Nov. 14, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.
Rowlands was nominated for...

The 13-year-old that stole the hearts of America last fall during the 2014 Little League World Series recently made a stop at Walt Disney World.
Mo'ne Davis, 13, of Philadelphia, visited Walt Disney World Resort Monday and got to be the grand...

For even the most experienced performers, there’s an art to working in the spotlight alone.
It takes more than solid material, more than self-assurance and engaging stage presence. All of those elements are required, of course, along with something...

They are more likely to get shot, go to jail, drop out of school, end up in foster care, be abandoned by their fathers and have children of their own while they're still teenagers. Compared with other Americans, young black men have the statistical...

In the weeks after a 17-year-old black boy was found dead in a gated Sanford neighborhood, outraged blacks took to the streets, insisting police arrest the Hispanic shooter, George Zimmerman.The chorus thundered: Justice for Trayvon! I am Trayvon! We...

A school-cafeteria lunch lady and her husband have received hate mail, unwanted visits from reporters and fearful inquiries from neighbors — all because their Sanford address is being disseminated on Twitter as belonging to Trayvon Martin shooter George...

A couple who say they were forced to leave their home after director Spike Lee retweeted their address to his Twitter followers has hired the Morgan & Morgan law firm to represent them."At this point, they have retained us to protect their...

From celebrity tweets to a "Million Hoodies March," social media is once again playing a key role in spreading a message — the latest being the ever-growing chorus of people calling for justice in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon...

It's difficult to build an NBA arena that stands out from the pack. In sharp contrast to the sport of baseball — which enables architects to create quirky outfield dimensions and venues that sometimes employ retractable roofs — basketball arenas are...

There was a moment Saturday at the funeral for U.S. Rep. Danny Davis' 15-year-old grandson Javon Wilson, felled by a bullet as he tried to break up a fight over clothing in his family's home, that evoked a gasp from many of the hundreds of people at the...

Filmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by the directors of three union benefit plans who contend he didn't make sufficient health and pension contributions. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Lee, Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks and...

Kerry James Marshall pushed out of his chair and bounded to the back of his Bronzeville studio. He giggled quietly, almost secretly, moving with the efficient certainty of someone who had been asked to show off a childhood obsession and knew exactly where...

The film academy's 2016 class: An exclusive club gets much bigger after #OscarsSoWhite
July 4, 2016, 9:35 a.m.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science has revealed the names of the 683 filmmakers and craftspeople it is...

Well, that didn't take long.
Knicks superfan and occasional movie director Spike Lee gets chummy with Derrick Rose just days after Rose was traded by the Bulls to New York in a five-player deal.
Lee points to Rose as he's decked in full Knicks gear, and...

The BET Awards — or "The Prince Tribute Show" — featured emotional and energetic performances from Sheila E., Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Hudson honoring the Purple One, along with political statements on issues ranging from racial injustice to...

Chicago police on Friday were bracing for a holiday weekend that has been traditionally violent and marks the start of summer in a year that already has high numbers of shootings and homicides.
Over the Memorial Day weekend last year, 12 people were...